Zuckerberg statement for congress
https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/09/this-is-mark-zuckerbergs-prepared-statement-for-congress/
Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released the Facebook CEO’s prepared statement.
In it, Zuckerberg explains that Facebook has always been an optimistic organization, focusing on connecting people and giving them a voice. But Zuckerberg also admits that the idealist train of thought might have blinded the company to potential misuses of Facebook’s toolset.
But it’s clear now that we didn’t do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. That goes for fake news, foreign interference in elections, and hate speech, as well as developers and data privacy. We didn’t take a broad enough view of our responsibility, and that was a big mistake. It was my mistake, and I’m sorry. I started Facebook, I run it, and I’m responsible for what happens here.
The statement also goes over both the Cambridge Analytica scandal and Russian election interference, thoroughly explaining what happened in each situation and what Facebook is doing to solve these problems.
Zuckerberg is set to testify before the Senate tomorrow and before Congress on Wednesday. We’ll be covering both hearings.
Full Statement is at site
What a hot pack of LIES, from MZ.
No surprise.
I want to know which R Senators are going to question this punk about FB’s involvement and interference and influence with 0’s election.
EVERYONE should call their R Reps on this committee and DEMAND MZ be questioned about FB influence of 2012 election AND on the shutting down of Diamond & Silk.
Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Top Lawmakers Before Hearings
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, tried to get ahead of a week of intense scrutiny for him and his company by visiting several top lawmakers in Washington on Monday and reiterating how sorry he was for the social network’s failings.
Mr. Zuckerberg, in a dark suit and tie and accompanied by an entourage of aides, held several meetings with leaders of the Senate Commerce and Judiciary Committees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/technology/mark-zuckerberg-facebook.html
Zuckerberg meets with lawmakers ahead of congressional hearings
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will hold meetings with some US lawmakers on Monday, a day before he is due to appear at congressional hearings over a political consultancy’s use of customer data, two congressional aides said Sunday.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/09/zuckerberg-meets-with-lawmakers-ahead-of-congressional-hearings/